TV Recaps
Do you want to know what happened in the latest episode of a TV show? Have you binged an original series and need to understand the finale of a season? Here is our archive of TV Recaps breaking down episodes from many series, including your favorite show.
‘My Royal Nemesis’ Season 1, Episode 10 Recap – The Best Outing Yet?
For much of Season 1, My Royal Nemesis has kind of flitted between genres and tones, shifting focus between each of its constituent parts. Sometimes...
‘My Royal Nemesis’ Season 1, Episode 9 Recap – Mun-do’s Meddling Hogs Focus
My Royal Nemesis started getting pretty serious as Season 1 approaches its latter stages, and that trend continues in Episode 9, “That’s First Love for...
‘Star City’ Season 1, Episode 3 Recap – The Mole Is Identified
There’s something oddly sexless about Soviet Russia, isn’t there? This very much isn’t the point of Star City, which is an alt-history spin-off about the...
‘Cape Fear’ Season 1, Episode 2 Recap – Is This The Best Version of the Story Yet?
It’s difficult to build sympathy for a man who kills people with gym equipment, but then again, I’m not sure that Cape Fear is trying...
‘Dutton Ranch’ Season 1, Episode 5 Recap – Beth and Rip Get To Work (Literally)
It occurs to me that despite this show being titled Dutton Ranch, there isn’t a great deal going on at the titular ranch. Frankly, it has...
‘Cape Fear’ Season 1, Episode 1 Recap – Javier Bardem Makes the Best Villains
There are many first impressions made by Apple TV’s take on Cape Fear, the third adaptation of John D MacDonald’s 1957 psychological thriller The Executioners. It’s...
‘Not Suitable for Work’ Season 1 Premiere Recap – ‘Friends’ For A New Generation?
As much as I quite liked the Season 1 premiere of Mindy Kaling’s Hulu workplace comedy Not Suitable for Work, it mostly reminded me how...
‘Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed’ Season 1, Episode 4 Recap – Paula’s Past Life
There’s an old saying that suggests if you meet an arsehole in the morning, you met an arsehole; if you meet an arsehole in the...
‘Widow’s Bay’ Season 1, Episode 8 Recap – And They Think It’s All Over
In what continues to be a stellar example of deft writing and direction, not to mention satisfying mystery-box-style storytelling, Widow’s Bay reinvents Halloween in the same way that...
‘Criminal Record’ Season 2, Episode 7 Recap – And It All Falls Down
For the most part, there’s a single source of tension in the penultimate episode of Criminal Record Season 2. There’s nothing new about it, since it’s the...
‘My Royal Nemesis’ Season 1, Episode 8 Recap – It’s All Coming Together
My Royal Nemesis has made such a fuss about being a romantic comedy – largely a comedy above and beyond any other consideration – that...
‘From’ Season 4, Episode 6 Recap – Boyd Isn’t Having A Good Day
Coming back to From after a week off is like re-experiencing a dream you had after eating too much cheese before bed. There’s always some detective work...
‘My Royal Nemesis’ Season 1, Episode 7 Recap – A Little More Seriousness Works Well
Good news, folks – My Royal Nemesis is on a bit of an uptick in Episode 7. I’ve been critical of this recent portion of...
‘Star City’ Season 1 Premiere Recap – We’re in Russia, And We’re Paranoid
With For All Mankind due to end, and having already jumped the shark a little bit in the minds of long-time fans, Apple TV was...
‘Dutton Ranch’ Episode 4 Recap – The Texas Cattle Massacre
I’ve never been particularly drawn to the ranching lifestyle, but I imagine that if I were, Episode 4 of Dutton Ranch would have put me off...
‘Your Friends & Neighbors’ Season 2, Episode 9 Recap – Coop Takes Control Of His Life
In a broad sense, Your Friends & Neighbors Season 2 has been about Coop losing control. Ever since Ashe found out about Coop’s extracurricular activities, he has...
‘Brilliant Minds’ Season 2, Episode 15 Recap – Wolf Goes AWOL In Long-Awaited Return
After an unreasonably lengthy hiatus, Brilliant Minds is back on our screens to conclude Season 2. The final few episodes should hopefully dig deeper into Wolf’s...
‘Widow’s Bay’ Episode 7 Recap – This Is The New High-Water Mark
Even though it follows directly from the end of Tom passing out from his mushroom trip, it’s very obvious why Apple TV decided to air...